Figurative Language & Connotative Meaning

What is a metaphor?

• A word that makes the sound it represents

• A direct comparison of two unrelated things without using the words like or as.

• An exaggerated statement

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What type of figurative language gives human qualities to objects or animals?

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• alliteration

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Which figurative language uses "like" or "as" to compare two unlike things?

• simile

• personification

• allusion

• alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

In Chapter 10 of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the narrator says, "..each time he stepped outside the door, the wind was like a knife on his cheek." This excerpt contains an example of what type of figurative language?

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

In Chapter 1 of Percy Jackson & The Lightning Thief, the narrator says, "My knees were jelly. My hands were shaking so bad I almost dropped the sword." This excerpt contains an example of what type of figurative language?

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

In Chapter 36 of Cinder, the narrator says, "He gazed out at the raging storm for a moment..." This excerpt contains an example of what type of figurative language?

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

• alliteration

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CCSS.L.6.5A

In Chapter 11 of Charlie and The Chocolate Factory, a girl in the candy shop describes the protagonist (Charlie) as a shrimp. She says, "He'll need it, the skinny little shrimp!" What is the meaning of this metaphor? Explain in one sentence.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is the "literal meaning of a word"?

• Denotation

• Connotation

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

In Chapter 4 of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, the narrator describes how the character Hagrid looks. It says, "His face was almost completely hidden by a long shaggy mane of hair and a wild, tangled beard, but you could make out his eyes, glinting like black beetles under all the hair" What is the meaning of this simile? Make sure you identify the simile and explain in one to two sentences.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Using a quote from Chapter 1 of Ella Enchanted, the narrator says, "Pamela said smugly, "I always obey my elders."

Which of the following adjectives could replace smugly so that the sentence has a positive connotation?

• randomly

• unjustly

• rudely

• Self-confidently

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CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.L.9-10.5B

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4